Country Style Steam Chicken
When I saw Cheah of No Frills Recipes posted her Country Style Steam Chicken, I just remember I cooked this similar dish many months ago. I don’t know why I did not post the recipe until now …. sigh … getting more forgetful nowadays. This Country Style Steam Chicken is one of my favourite dishes that I always eat with extra rice when my grandma cooked this for us when I was a little girl. It is a simple and delicious dish with the mixing of shredded cloud ears, sliced mushrooms, golden needle vegetable and bite sized chicken.
Country Style Steam Chicken
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Author: Ann Low
Serves: 3 servings
Ingredients
- (A)
- 3 Chicken thighs or half chicken, about 600g (cut into bite size)
- 1 tbsp Light soya sauce
- 1 tbsp Ginger juice
- 1tbsp Cooking Chinese cooking wine (hua tiao chiew 花雕酒)
- Marinate the above for few hours or overnight.
- (B)
- 10g Cloud ear (rinse thoroughly and soak in hot water till soft, shredded)
- 15g Golden needle vegetable (soak in hot water for 15 minutes, remove the hard parts and tie a knot)
- 4-5 Shitake mushrooms - slice thinly
- 4 slices Ginger
- ½ tbsp Garlic - chopped
- Seasoning sauce
- ½ tbsp Oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp Dark soya sauce
- 1 tbsp Light soya sauce
- ½ tsp Sugar
- 2 tsp Sesame oil
- ½ tsp Chicken powder (with no MSG added)
- ¾ tbsp Corn flour
- 5 tbsp Water
- Mix all the seasoning in a bowl or cup
Instructions
- Fry (B) ~ Heat wok with some oil, fry ginger and garlic for a while and add in shredded cloud ear, golden needle vegetable and sliced mushrooms, stir fry ingredients well.
- Lower heat and pour in seasoning sauce, mix well and off heat leave ingredients to cool.
- Mix well (A) marinated chicken meat together with the (B) ingredients in a corningware square dish or large plate. Cover corningware square dish with aluminium foil and steam at high heat for 30 minutes. (covering with aluminium foil is to prevent water from getting into the chicken meat during steaming).
- **stir the chicken meat with a spoon after 15 minutes of steaming and continue to steam for another 15 minutes or till chicken meat is cooked.
- Sprinkle some chopped spring onion when serve.
Enjoy!
Cloud ear or Wood ear (mu er 木耳) is an edible fungus used primarily in Asian cuisine. This is sold dried and need to be soaked before use. While almost tasteless, it is prized for its slightly crunchy texture.
Golden needle vegetable (gum jum 金针in Cantonese) is actually daylily refer to Wiki. You can also read more details from Taste HongKong.
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Just looks too good….mmmm. My girls will surely wipe this plate clean. They love the cloud ear. I need to cook a big pot of I cook this 😀
哇我可以吃很多碗饭咧:$
Hey Ann, thks so much for visiting my blog during my absence! I'm feeling hungry now especially after seeing this dish. I've cooking chicken with fungus too. Yum!I'd so much fun in Helsinki! Wish u'd joined the contest too 🙂 Remember to look out for more pix!!
yumm yum…i cooked this last week. Added a bit of fu chuk nice
Wow, looks really juicy delicious. lol! Slurp…. Hope you're having a great week ahead.Kristy
yum!! a truly chinese dish, i love that!!
My mom used to make something similar to this. Thanks for the reminder Ann. I might cook this today if I can find all the ingredients. Thanks for sharing.
Goes well with a bowl of piping hot rice..
@msihua
Msihua, hahaa…I thought this is a Cantonese dish. Anyway is delicious dish that most Chinese enjoy it.
Beautiful photos and this looks divine!
@Inspired by eRecipeCards
Thanks Dave!
This looks very much like a Hakka dish 🙂 Yayy for more traditional recipes!
This is one of my favorite ways to cook chicken. I love the taste of gim chiam as it combines really well with chicken. Sometimes I just steam the entire dish….so simple yet tasty. I think I have to cook this tonight 🙂
Maravillosa receta luce espectacular,me encanta,hugs,hugs.
Ah ha! It's called cloud ear. I love that but I didn't know English name. I'd enjoy this dish so much, and with rice…. My type of comfort dish that I'm fine with just a bowl of rice. Looks yummy! I have never seen (maybe eaten before without realizing) golden needle vegetable. I love the name. 🙂
My favorite steamed chicken dish. Yum!
@Biren @ Roti n RiceBiren, Oh… I really hope you cook this but can you find gim chiam in US? 😀
Hi Ann
Just cooked this dish for dinner and it tastes delicious! When I told my girl this is a steamed dish, she said she knows as it looked less oily. Surely a healthier (and interesting) way of cooking chicken with cloud ears! Thanks for sharing the recipe 🙂
Hi Wendy, Thanks for trying this recipe. 🙂
This looks so delicious. Would love for you to share this with us over at foodepix.com.
@Nami | Just One CookbookNami, I really wish you can try this recipe if you can get the cloud ear and golden needle vegetable one day. It is healthy and delicious 🙂
我可是带了白饭来你家的哦!哈哈哈。。。
This dish looks very wholesome and delicious, Ann. I love golden needle vegetables, but unfortunately they are not found in many dishes. Another great recipe! Thank you for sharing.
Hi, your post caught my eye, got all new flavors for me to try. have a nice day
呵呵。。。不好意思,下次人来就好 😀
Thanks LeQuan. So nice to hear from you again.
delicious and a stunning series of photos. I have such a hard time making brown food look good! You nailed it!Thanks again for being such an active part of eRecipeCards.com Love all of your postsDave
I like this simple yet delicious and nutritious dish. I need extra serving of rice too!
cloud ear is one of the ingredient that I am always looking for when I eat Pansit bihon(Philippine noodle) I just love the texture now I would love to taste this recipe Ann…it is raining here I am now force to buy a cloud ear in the market =) have a nice day
I have so long did not cook this dish, only keep trying new recipe, hehehe! Thanks for remind me and I must cook this soon. You bought a new camera? your photo look very sharp and clear.
What I love about this is how tender that chicken must be!
This looks like such a comforting dish! I love these recipes that remind us of family and good memories of our childhood!
Thanks Chris, have a try. You'll love it!Bobo, Zoe ~ Right this is a very comforting dish.Thanks Lyndsey :)Raquel, I've never Pansit bihon before. Please show me how you cook this Philippine dish some day :)I want to see how you cook! Must be very delicious Sonia & Cheah, Thank you for your compliment. Yes I just got a new canon camera recently.Indu, did you try the Asian market?You're welcome Sherleen :)Tze, I think this is a Cantonese dish that my grandma always cook for us last time.Mary, then you must cook double recipe :DShirely, so nice you're back to blogging after the tired trip. Of course I want to see more of your pics in Finland.Thanks Kristy!
This is what I called "traditional home-style cooking" …very nice!
Thanks for sharing.
Love how easy it is to prepare this delicious comfort dish 🙂
I have never seen the golden needle vegetables, so interesting and so much to learn!CiaoAlessandra
Looks very tantalisting …
My MIL once cooked this dish, I know this is a yummy home cooked dish!
This looks yummy! I could just eat my bowl of rice with this one dish! 🙂
Mouth watering…Sadly cloud ear and golden needle vegetable are not available in my area.
Ann, your dish looks very appealing, yes, will need more rice to mop up the gravy too! Your clicks are so sharp and clear! New camera?
ooohhh, you reminded me how long i didn't eat this Golden needle vegetable…this is one of my favorite dish from my mom…for sure want to try this out one day…thanks for inspire me…muacksss
love this …Looks really yummy
What coincidence, I just bought a chicken and was wondering how should I cook it tonight. Your yummy recipe come just in time Ann! Thanks!
hmm.. i love this dish too.. yup.. i will love the gravy with rice..yums..
Hi Ann
Just cooked this dish for dinner and it tastes delicious! When I told my girl this is a steamed dish, she said she knows as it looked less oily. Surely a healthier (and interesting) way of cooking chicken with cloud ears! Thanks for sharing the recipe 🙂
Hi Wendy, Thanks for trying this recipe. 🙂
This looks so delicious. Would love for you to share this with us over at foodepix.com.
呵呵。。。不好意思，下次人来就好 😀
Thanks LeQuan. So nice to hear from you again.
This dish looks very wholesome and delicious, Ann. I love golden needle vegetables, but unfortunately they are not found in many dishes. Another great recipe! Thank you for sharing.
我可是带了白饭来你家的哦！
哈哈哈。。。
Hi, your post caught my eye, got all new flavors for me to try. have a nice day